Murray Silverstein

Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.

Donald Trump is AGAIN suing to avoid sending food to hungry children and seniors.

Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now. Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things

If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.

Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
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What a mensch. Hope he enters politics!

If they didn't have bad faith, they'd have no faith at all.

Good News! @nytimes.com lawsuit waged by #47 for $15 billion defamation suit...Florida judge tosses it out!

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks

I am so damn proud to be a California Democrat today. Who’s with me?

Vote YES on Prop 50.
Let’s win this 🔥

Stand Up for UC We must stand together to protect our students, staff, faculty and our mission.

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MFG! Close to home. And the ICE goon repeating, “It’s fine. it’s fine.” It’s NOT fine! This administration—Trump, Miller, Bondi, Homan, Rubio, the whole lot—are criminals. Share this post far and wide. #criminals #ICE #resist

This poem by Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson who died this past week reminds us that we are magnificently mortal. Thank you, Andrea, for your life’s work, and thank you @chenchenwrites.bsky.social for posting this poem today. #poetrysky #poetry #beauty

A ray of hope in a dark time.
@billmckibben.bsky.social delivers.

Why isn’t anything going on in the senate?
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?

Because the barbarians are coming today.
What’s the point of senators making laws now?
Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.

(Keeley and Sherrard translation)

It shouldn't be called Alligator Alcatraz. It's not a prison. Alacatraz was a prison, housing people convicted by juries, after a trial, sentenced by a judge, after arguments, due process, and with legal representation.

Again, it's not a prison. It's a concentration camp. It's Alligator Auschwitz.

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Sixteen Rivers poets Murray Silverstein, Alice Templeton, and Christina Lloyd will be spreading laughter and wonder tonight in Petaluma. Aqus Cafe, 6:15. #PoetrySky #poetry #Petaluma #BookSky @mosilverstein.bsky.social

A Trilogy in Verse: ‘Plagios, Volume III’ Released By Local Translators | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties Translator and educator Nancy Morales didn’t expect a former student’s invitation to join a literary translation project to blossom into a multi-book endeavor.  But it did—and over the next several ye...

The North Bay Bohemian’s Kary Hess wrote a sweet little piece on Terry Ehret & Nancy J. Morales’ translation of Plagios/Plagiarisms by Ulalume Gonzalez de Leon.

The same kind of folks who spent years complaining about masks that slowed the spread of disease are now wearing masks to facilitate the spread of fascism

Percival Everett’s JAMES blew my mind—beautiful, shattering, gorgeous. I cannot begin to convey how deeply I was moved by it. To live in Everett’s prose and in James’ story is to be forever changed. #literature #writingcommunity #percivaleverett

This post is the closest I’ve gotten to being able to put together a master theory for Why This Is All Happening: why Trump could get elected, why Biden never got any credit, and why certain stuff never seems to break through open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

Elon Musk has committed a blatant felony by offering money for votes in order to help Brad Schimel. This is a chainsaw attack on democracy and the rule of law. Musk should be brought to justice immediately. 🧵

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court. She’s never sued to take away peoples healthcare coverage.

🚨🚨 WISCONSIN 🚨🚨

Early voting starts TODAY!

Susan Crawford is committed to standing up for everyday people, while her opponent Brad Schimel sued to take away health care from nearly a million Wisconsinites.

Vote for Judge Crawford by April 1st! No better time than right now.

#DemVoice1

Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Susan Crawford is a former prosecutor and current Circuit Court Judge running for Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.

🚨 IMPORTANT: In-person absentee voting starts TOMORROW here in Wisconsin.
Election Day is April 1.

🚨 The balance of power in our Supreme Court is at stake.

🚨The despicable Elon Musk and his anti-American Orcs are trying to buy our Court here.

🚨 DO NOT LET THEM.

🚨 Support Judge Susan Crawford!

Rage Against the Obscene: The Totally Organic Movement Confronting Trump Opinion | The biggest reason for long-term optimism is the most obvious: people are finding their voices. Please use yours.

NEW - What’s driving the green shoots through the cold March soil is pure rage. And rage is a good thing.

My report for @marcelias.bsky.social's @democracydocket.com on the stunning grassroots breakthrough against Trump and Musk.
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Hey-o! Coming at you in April: my first full-length book of poems—In The Eye of the Elephant—published by Sixteen Rivers Press, a Northern California shared work poetry collective. Calloo! Callay!

Yes. But its playing in Berkley Elmwood now.

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